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Coalition rift deepens in Pakistan as Punjab launches flood loss survey
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The PPP has urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to provide flood relief through BISP, criticising Punjab's survey-based approach. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz announced compensation packages but rejected BISP data use. The dispute has deepened rifts between coalition partners PML-N and PPP, D
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Pakistan: HPV vaccination team attacked in Punjab's Mandi Bahauddin, secon
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Police registered a case, but health workers said security assurances have not been implemented, disrupting Pakistan's campaign to protect girls against cervical cancer.
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Pakistan: Punjab curbs wheat movement, launches geotagging to avert crisis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Punjab has imposed wheat movement restrictions and launched geotagging of stocks to prevent shortages after floods destroyed crops, Dawn reported. Authorities cracked down on hoarding, boosting flour mill reserves and lowering wheat prices from PKR 3,800 to PKR 3,000 per 40kg, as protests er
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Pakistan: Punjab govt forms flood relief committees as 123 killed, 3775 vi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz announced flood relief committees across districts and tehsils after floods hit 3,775 villages, damaging over 370,000 houses. PDMA said 123 people died in Punjab. Relief camps, evacuations and medical aid continue, while PPP leaders pressed for assistance through the B
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Pakistan: Punjab's wheat movement ban sparks flour crisis, provinces prote
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Punjab's curbs on wheat movement have caused flour shortages and soaring prices in other provinces. Critics call the move unconstitutional and against deregulation, while Punjab defends it as essential for food security. KP and Sindh have condemned the restrictions, urging federal interventi
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Pakistan: Punjab launches HPV vaccination drive targeting 8 million girls
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The campaign will run from September 15 to 27. According to Dawn, the vaccine will be administered to girls aged 9 to 14 years and is seen as a critical tool against cervical cancer, which is the third most common cancer in women in Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Punjab faces severe flood threat as Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab rivers
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Punjab faces severe flooding as the Sutlej, Ravi, and Chenab rivers swell, displacing over 4 million people and submerging thousands of villages.
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Pakistan: Punjab floods trigger health crisis as disease outbreaks spread
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Health issues are escalating due to the outbreak of flood-related diseases, with doctors and aid workers reporting a surge in patients suffering from diarrhoea, skin infections, and dengue fever.
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Pakistan: Punjab braces for "super flood" as Ravi-Chenab converge; threate
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Punjab braces for severe flooding as the Ravi and Chenab rivers near Khanewal threaten Multan and Muzaffargarh. Over 3,900 villages and 3.7 million people are affected, with 46 dead. Authorities are conducting controlled breaches, running 409 relief camps, and mobilising resources to manage
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Embankments breached, millions affected as Pakistan faces worst floods in
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In Pakistan's Punjab province, specifically in Kasur, the water flow at the Ganda Singh Headworks exceeded the "exceptionally very high" flood level on Friday, crossing the 385,000 cusecs mark, described as the highest in three decades.
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Pakistan: Punjab faces worst floods in decades, over 1.46 million affected
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's Punjab province has witnessed the worst floods in decades, affecting more than 1.46 million people across the province.
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Pakistan's Punjab devastated by floods; 25 dead, thousands displaced
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Monsoon continues to wreak havoc in Pakistan as severe flooding across Punjab province has claimed at least 25 lives and displaced thousands of people.
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